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“If you don’t have coverage, call us.” – Jane Straight, Director of Income/Health Impact for United Way of Anchorage That’s the simple message we’d like to get out during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period for 2021 that began November 1 and runs through December 15. Our mission at United Way is that we […]
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Anchorage hasn’t changed. I returned here after a 26-year career in public health in Washington state to become President of United Way of Anchorage. And I can tell you it’s heartening to say Anchorage hasn’t changed. I don’t mean that it’s the same city I left a generation ago. Of course, there have been changes. […]
Published September 30, 2020, by Mike Abbott et al. It’s news to no one in Anchorage that homelessness is one of our most complex challenges. The homelessness response system serves 8,000 people each year. And on any given night, more than 1,000 people lack a safe and stable place to live. Of those, a small […]
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Published September 30, 2020, by Michele Brown “The best way to help the most people is to make changes in the community conditions that lead to need in the first place. A change in conditions at the community level – be it an attitude, behavior, process or system, not only alleviates today’s troubles but also […]
Published August 7, 2020, by Brett Banks While it certainly is a challenging time for students, parents, and children, we want to share some good news! For the 6th year in a row, our efforts to turn around chronic absenteeism in grades K-8 are proving results: Last school year, the 713 students served with over […]
Published July 24, 2020, by Frank Gerjevic From Anchorage Cares to AK Can Do to the municipality’s COVID-19 Rent and Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program, the purpose hasn’t changed – get Alaskans swift help that keeps people housed, safe and fed throughout the income losses of the pandemic. The $1 million Municipality of Anchorage program, funded […]
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Published June 28, 2020, by Michele Brown If there were ever a moment to “Live United,” this is it. Live United happens when we fight for the hopes, dreams, and rights of all people – and when we stand up and honestly address our shortcomings in that fight. The simultaneous pandemic, massive unemployment, terrifying murders […]
Published June 26, 2020, by Frank Gerjevic Hard-working people in Anchorage took a blindside shot from the coronavirus shutdown, and it’s not over yet despite the reopening. Hard times still dog our neighbors; swift help still keeps them on their feet. That’s the staying power of AK Can Do. Aurora Milam Many of us can […]
Published May 31, 2020, by Michele Brown Powered by the AK Can Do fund, as of May 27, Lutheran Social Services has provided rent or utility assistance to 416 Anchorage area families hit hard when they lost livelihoods to the coronavirus shutdown. That’s almost $360,000 that has gone swiftly to more than 1300 of our neighbors. Most have covered rent to keep families housed, a precious […]
Published May 15, 2020, by Sue Brogan Third of a three part series. There is a reason both the Municipality of Anchorage and the State of Alaska turned to United Way’s Alaska 2-1-1 at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Actually, there are four reasons. Alaska 2-1-1 connects Alaskans to the help they need like […]
